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Any eared seal.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

turning, rolling, or whirling round.

A votary. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

See Dextrotatory.

A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.

One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

See Prothonotary.

A chief notary or clerk. " My private prothonotary." Herrick.

Office of a prothonotary.

Same as Prothonotary.

its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion. Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons, instead of being derived from a reciprocating moti…

Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom. Bacon.

rmalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

ide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally…

hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray.

s of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

der to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. Addison.

In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. -- Disk shell (Zoöl.), any species of Discina.